During the period from 2001 to 2003, the River Murray barrages were subjected to their longest continuous period of closure since their construction. In total, there was no flow over the barrages into the Murray estuary and Coorong for 630 days (Geddes 2005a). As a consequence of...
Estuaries are highly productive and variable systems that usually have extensive benthic, pelagic and fringing biota (Deeley and Paling 1999). The habitats of these systems in southeastern Australia are diverse but can be constrained by chemical conditions such as highly variable...
Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) is the icon fish species of the River Murray. It was a key commercial species in the South Australian Inland Waters Fishery and remains an important recreational species. The first fishery assessment report specific to Murray cod was prep...
During a workshop to discuss the Lower Eyre Peninsula aquaculture zone policy in March 2006, a local resident asked the Division of Aquaculture of Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA Aquaculture) to investigate whether sedimentary material observed on the shor...
The 2006 stock assessment report for the Central Zone (CZ...
'This report is the fourth version of a “living” document that is updated annually as part of SARDI Aquatic Sciences ongoing fishery assessment program for the South Australian Blue Crab Fishery (BCF). This assessment reports on the BCF to 31 July 2006, summarises the information...
The total commercial catch for the West Coast Prawn Fishery was 21.3 t in 2005, which was an increase of 56% from 2004 (13.7 t). Total effort in 2005 was 661 h, which was an increase of 85% from 2004 (356 h). While total catch and effort has increased since 2003 (4.6 t and 200 h)...
This Fishery Assessment Report for the Spencer Gulf Prawn Fishery is a “living” document that is part of SARDI Aquatic Sciences ongoing assessment programs for South Australian Prawn Fisheries. It updates the previous stock assessment report for this fishery (Dixon et al. 2005a)....
Baseline vegetation and tree health surveys were conducted at six wetlands along the South Australian River Murray (Lake Bonney RM, Pyap Lagoon, Big Toolunka Flat, Noonawirra, Devon Downs and Saltbush Flat). Quantitative vegetation surveys were undertaken in the permanently inund...
The ‘Fish’ and ‘Water Quality’ components of the 2006 River Murray Wetlands Baseline Survey had three aims: To describe the fish assemblage and water quality of 8 wetlands along the River Murray in South Australia...